Another wrapped can holds a supply of sharpened pencils (that will somehow disappear completely within a few weeks).

The bookcase that holds it all - is right next to the kitchen counter where homework is done.

I didn't expect that everything would be neat and tidy all the time, and the counter is still filled with books and papers most of the afternoon and evening. But our Homework Station has kept a lot of the little bits in place and made it much quicker to put things away (for her, and for me).

Now I need to do the same kind of organizing for the other place that homework gets done....the car.